Universities by Research i10-index in Serbia
Universities and colleges ranked by OpenAlex's institutional i10-index, the number of works with at least ten citations. This is a research metric, not a measure of teaching quality. OpenAlex is an open scholarly index; larger and older institutions tend to have more indexed research.
1University of Belgrade128,039 works
126,062
2University of Novi Sad53,251 works
35,996
3University of Nis28,271 works
15,161
4University of Kragujevac19,162 works
12,974
5Institute of Food Technology1,522 works
1,818
6Singidunum University4,426 works
1,811
7University of Defence3,721 works
1,575
8State University of Novi Pazar1,764 works
584
9Institute of Public Health of Vojvodina670 works
392
10Univerzitet Union Nikola Tesla2,364 works
364
11Megatrend University1,178 works
354
12Gulf University973 works
342
13Educons University1,106 works
339
14Metropolitan University887 works
244
15Union University1,299 works
238
16Institute of Forestry674 works
182
17Univerzitet u Novom Pazaru903 works
149
18Kriminalističko-policijski univerzitet732 works
123
19Academy of Applied Studies Belgrade439 works
74
20Academy of Applied Studies Šabac354 works
50
21Belgrade Business and Arts Academy of Applied Studies274 works
47
22Academy of Technical and Art Applied Studies372 works
44
23University of Arts in Belgrade861 works
36
24European University159 works
34
25Belgrade Open School221 works
29
26Technical College of Applied Sciences172 works
28
27Academy of Applied Studies Southern Serbia197 works
24
28Sportska Akademija Beograd94 works
16
29Institute for Recent History of Serbia402 works
10
30Akademija strukovnih studija Politehnika179 works
9
31ITS - Visoka škola strukovnih studija za informacione tehnologije89 works
6
32Western Serbia Academy of Applied Studies101 works
6
33Institut za Reumatologiju62 works
5
34Visoka strukovna vaspitačka i medicinska škola u Vršcu77 works
5
Highlights
Within Serbia, University of Belgrade ranks first in 2026 with 126,062, followed by University of Novi Sad (35,996) and University of Nis (15,161).
University of Belgrade is 3.5 times higher than University of Novi Sad, the runner-up.
Across 34 entries, values run from 126,062 (University of Belgrade) to 5 (Visoka strukovna vaspitačka i medicinska škola u Vršcu), with a median of 136.
Source: OpenAlex, institutional Research i10-index, 2026. Unit: i10-index.
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